How to Use relevant in a Sentence

relevant

adjective
  • The ideas and observations expressed in the book are still relevant today.
  • There’s a trust built up that the new work will be relevant.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • None of these facts are relevant.
    Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The only change users may see are ads that are less relevant.
    Fortune, 26 Apr. 2021
  • There are too many unicorns around for this term to be relevant.
    Carrie Rubinstein, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • That gives them the edge to stay relevant in the era of video streaming.
    Hazey Taughtme, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2022
  • But does a play that needs so many changes to be palatable still relevant?
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2022
  • Please look at our charts for all the relevant details.
    PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, that’s not relevant to the facts of the law at issue.
    Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The past two seasons are why this is relevant.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The relevant line is the eighth-best third-place team out of 12.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • To get that in this town at 47, and to still feel like, relevant.
    Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2021
  • That does not seem very relevant to someone's life.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Which feels most relevant to making your art?
    Douglas Unger august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Is the title of the book relevant?
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • So, at the end of the day, statements like that aren’t relevant in the grand scheme of this.
    Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The bullpen did not get a chance for its work to be relevant Friday.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
  • These can all run in the family, and could be relevant to your care.
    Nina Bahadur, Glamour, 18 Aug. 2020
  • What makes radio relevant in our lives is not just the music.
    Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • One way to change that is to make the oral histories relevant.
    Jeff Strickler, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Unlike last week’s, this one’s more plot-relevant.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Trump should be more relevant than ever.
    Tara Palmeri, Vanity Fair, 12 Feb. 2026
  • To me, that’s quite relevant to today.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
  • No truer words have been spoken, and no song is more relevant today.
    Time, 6 May 2026
  • The outcome isn’t as relevant as the irony of Warnes telling the tale.
    James Raia, The Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2024
  • An old goal could feel relevant again, but with a new perspective.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Write down the exact words that were used and take note of any other relevant facts.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • How many artists in the rap game are relevant after 30 years?
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Are the same skills relevant now versus five or 10 years ago?
    James Brown, USA TODAY, 17 July 2022
  • There are a lot of things that have not yet been in the public domain yet that are relevant.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 3 July 2021

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